first of all, congrats to the meet directors and all the volunteers on a job well done. so organized and efficient!! very impressive. the only thing i wish someone could explain to me is why the usms champ. committee changed the team scoring from large, medium and small team to clumping everyone in the same category. seems extremely unfair to have what i call "real teams" competing against state mega teams. there is no possibility for "real teams" to ever come close to competing against them. if you are going to give team awards at the end of the meet, is there any way you can do it fairly? our team is extremely proud to have gotten as many team members as we did to go to natls. (most of them for the first time), but unfortunately they were very disillusioned (as was i) with the idea that we would be competing against state teams. as one of the coaches i didn't have an explanation. even though we were very proud of our 7th place finish in men's division, and our 12th place in combined, we were only one of a few "real teams" in the top ten. would appreciate responses. maybe even someone from the champ.committee could explain how they felt this scoring system would be more fair to the majority of swimmers. then i can pass it along to my teammates.. i don't want them to be so disillusioned that they lose interest in attending any future natls. thanks
"... a “Local Team” consists of a team made up of those swimmers who represent a club at Nationals, and at competitions within their LMSC they compete for the same club, and that club has a single management structure that is responsible for administering the club’s activities (including, for example, acquiring facilities and/or providing coaches)."
As an aside: VMST has a single board of officers -- I guess that's our "single management structure" -- and fewer than half the members of our LMSC swim for VMST.
Does VMST's board take care of pool rental and coaches for all the workout groups? I think that would be the part that really separates out whether a club is local or not. Although one should never underestimate people's willingness to bend practice to meet the legal requirements when it comes to winning something!
"... a “Local Team” consists of a team made up of those swimmers who represent a club at Nationals, and at competitions within their LMSC they compete for the same club, and that club has a single management structure that is responsible for administering the club’s activities (including, for example, acquiring facilities and/or providing coaches)."
As an aside: VMST has a single board of officers -- I guess that's our "single management structure" -- and fewer than half the members of our LMSC swim for VMST.
Does VMST's board take care of pool rental and coaches for all the workout groups? I think that would be the part that really separates out whether a club is local or not. Although one should never underestimate people's willingness to bend practice to meet the legal requirements when it comes to winning something!
